Was running the truck today to put the engine oil additive in, and let it idle for maybe 15 mins, then shut it down, followed by an eruption of frothy coolant from the main interchiller tank. I...
Was running the truck today to put the engine oil additive in, and let it idle for maybe 15 mins, then shut it down, followed by an eruption of frothy coolant from the main interchiller tank. I...
Bit of a muck around over the last 2 days. Chased down and resolved the radiator leak, its an aluminium radiator crack, so used a combination of different products to clog it up, ultimatly it needs...
Thanks, I think the whole purpose of these forums is to share the info.
I had a heart start moment on the way home from Yarra Glen yesterday arvo though. The roof mounted radiator system has a...
Latest installment in the quest for reliability.
The truck became a resistant starter 3 days ago, cranking over and taking maybe 3 minutes to actually catch and fire up, which then removed the...
Fitted the new cooler today, took all of 30mins. Engine even sounded different, back to the old sucking/howling noise out of the snorkle that it had before and had disappeared with the chocked off...
Spoke with ARB today about the option of 3" BP51's - they dont make them. Only avail in 2" lift for road use and 4" lift for offroad use. I have the open and closed eye centres and will see if the 2"...
Added this 1.5L header tank into the circuit on the roof, and picked up 1LPM flowrate with the extra head and better air purging I think. Flowrate on rooftop system is 12.5LPM by the flowmeter and...
Thanks Ross, a/c turned out to be the switch on the dash was reverse wired - like WTF???? So as I pushed it in to energise the compressor clutch, it switched it off, which is why I have been thinking...
Got the barge out of the garage finally today, few stats. Dis a 200klm run, highway mostly, few dirt roads.
Carter Black Lift pump 10psi all day measured pre the injection pump
Fuel consumption...
Broke away from the lunatic brigade this arvo and finished the wiring of the camp lights. Installed Lightforce ultra wide LED units at the rear and a pair pointing forward above the windscreen. I...
Sincerest Apologies Ralph [emoji51][emoji22]
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OK, found the following in the main fuse box under the dash today when starting into the glowplug adventure from yesterday. Both 15a fuses melted with the fuse wire intact i think. They are on the...
I just did the front and rear Diff oils and the Gearbox and Transfer case fluid changes on the GQ, the Diff Oil is ridiculously thick and bloody hard work. I bought one of these a couple of years...
2 hrs transferring 4l of hydraulic fluid into the hydraulic winch tank, holy shit that pumping is hard work under the car. reconfigured the interchiller pump circuit back to standard, still a few...
Finished the hydraulic oil cooler assy today, wired up the fan with external switch. Some would say it was satisfying, nah, another PIA job to get to the end point. Sorted out the air compressor...